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Voters cast their ballots at a polling location on April 21, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Virginia votes to redistrict for Dems

Jelinda Montes

The new maps will likely flip four U.S. House seats, returning the edge back to the Democrats in the midterms race

Rape culture (Lucky Kristianata/Getty Images)

Can we admit that rape culture exists?

Andi Zeisler

CNN’s "rape academy" exposé spotlights the role of sexual humiliation in male bonding

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Directer Kash Patel announce an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

SPLC charges lend support to hate groups

Austin Sarat

For decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has fought hate. Now the Justice Department wants it to stop

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has declined responsibility for the nation's worst measles outbreak in decades (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

RFK Jr. isn't ready for what's next

Howard Dean

The HHS secretary's congressional testimony underscores that the nation is unprepared for disease outbreaks

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Chief Justice John Roberts (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

John Roberts embodies MAGA cowardice

Amanda Marcotte

The Supreme Court's shadow docket shows the conservative justices fear debate

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, President Donald Trump, and media personality Joe Rogan attend an executive order signing regarding psychedelics on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo Illustration by Salon / Allison Robbert / For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's psychedelic love is about Iran

Russell Payne

Critics say that the order will only shave a few months off of FDA approval, but it made Joe Rogan happy

Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counter Terrorism, National Security Council Sebastian Gorka looks on during the Semafor World Economy Summit 2025 at Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Summit, held from April 23-25, gathers CEOs, government officials, financial leaders, and more for conversations on the state of the global economy. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Gorka has no plan

Hannah Allam - ProPublica

The counterterrorism czar is making it up as he goes along

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Tom Williams/Getty Images)

Cherfilus-McCormick resigns amid scandal

Jelinda Montes

The Florida rep. resigned minutes before a House Ethics panel was set to recommend her expulsion

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InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

Jones snaps over Onion, Infowars deal

Garrett Owen

The host and conspiracy theorist posted angry, shirtless clips in response to the news

Prince performs his first of three shows onstage during "One Night... Three Venues" in 2009 t (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

Prince could only have died in America

Alex Galbraith

Ten years ago, the opioid crisis claimed a god

Kitchen tools (Ashlie Stevens )

The 6 kitchen tools I use every day

Ashlie D. Stevens

What a food writer actually uses to make dinner

Joseph diGenova has decades of experience in attacking those seen as enemies of the GOP (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump's new avenger in chief

Heather Digby Parton

Joseph diGenova will pursue charges in the Florida "grand conspiracy" case against the president's perceived foes

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Federal immigration agents make an arrest in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025. (Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images)

Trump's judges are thwarting ICE

Chauncey DeVega

The president's cruel mass detention agenda has hit a legal wall

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a hearing of the House Education And Workforce Committee on Capitol Hill on April 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s medical racism resurfaces

Garrett Owen

Black doctors and medical community say RFK Jr.'s rhetoric poses real dangers to public health

President Donald Trump. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump pardon may stiff grieving family

Jeremy Kohler - ProPublica

The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won years ago

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer departs after U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union address during a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer resigns

Alex Galbraith

The Trump Cabinet pick was in the midst of an internal investigation into alleged misconduct

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Bruce Springsteen performs at American Music Honors 2026 (John Cavanaugh)

American Music Honors unites generations

Kenneth Womack

Dionne Warwick, Dr. Dre and Patti Smith were honored as icons, culminating in an all-star finale led by Springsteen

Singer D4vd performs onstage during Day 1 of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 18, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

D4vd charged with murder of 14-year-old

Alex Galbraith

The missing teen's remains were found in the trunk of a car belonging to the singer in September

Kash Patel testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Patel sues Atlantic for $250M

Alex Galbraith

The FBI director accused the outlet of publishing a "hit piece" about his tenure at the agency

Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway attend "The Devil Wears Prada 2" premiere in South Korea (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

"The Devil Wears Prada 2" sold its soul

Coleman Spilde

The massive marketing campaign for "The Devil Wears Prada 2" is degrading the film's earnest, chic legacy

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President Donald Trump (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s looming downballot disaster

Russell Payne

Trump's unpopularity is putting Republican dominance in state legislatures at risk

President Donald Trump has been labeled many things. At his core, he's a chaos agent. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

"TACO" theory hides Trump's real threat

Chauncey DeVega

What really matters is the destruction the president leaves behind

"More people should get married young and have more kids than they can afford," the late Charlie Kirk tweeted, words that have become a mantra for many conservatives. (Michele Ursi/Getty Images)

MAGA wants teen births. It won't work

Amanda Marcotte

Teen birth rates are at historic lows — and young women want to keep it that way

A screen displays U.S. and Israeli flags in Times Square, New York, Oct. 13, 2023. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

Big winner at DNC meeting: Israel

Norman Solomon

Democratic leaders side with Israel again, over the wishes of their own voters

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